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Commodes and Chests of Drawers For Sale
Style: Industrial
Style: Rococo
Danish 18th Century Rococo Walnut Commode Mathias Ortmann
By Mathias Ortmann
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
A very charming and small Danish parcel-gilt walnut and burr-walnut commode by Mathias Ortmann, mid-18th century. The shaped veneered top above moulded frieze with punched ground inc...
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Mid-18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Rococo Commode, Italy, 18th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Rococo commode, Italy, 18th century, walnut veneer with landscape marquetry in elm and mahogany, original marble-top. In excellent restored condition. The commode will be shipped from Europe...
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1770s Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
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Walnut
18th Century Serpentine Chest
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine 18th century English mahogany serpentine fronted chest with fluted canted corners, the well figured top with segmented under edge molding over three short drawers, the center on...
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Mahogany
Industrial Burnished Steel Cabinet of Drawers from England
Located in Austin, TX
A fine large English industrial cabinet of burnished steel featuring (56) small half-drawers for storage, set into four vertical rows of (14) drawers, ...
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20th Century English Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Steel, Metal
Italian Rococo Style Serpentine Front Walnut Two-Drawer Commode
Located in Troy, NY
Small Italian (Venice area) Rococo style Serpentine shaped commode, Walnut with thick Radica Veneer and inlay with deep, rich color. Two drawers with ornate, heavy cast brass pulls. ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Rococo-Style Bombe Commode in Walnut w/ Parcel Gilt & Marble
Located in Miami, FL
A very lovely Rococo style chest with bombe front in walnut, with black marble top and parcel-gilt details, offering three drawers, Denmark, circa mid- late 1800s.
Measures: 28" wide...
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Late 19th Century Danish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
Sicilian Painted Serpentine Commode
Located in Essex, MA
With serpentine top with outlines of old decoration over a conforming case with two drawers with painted floral scenes, the sides with similar decoration and shaped apron, raised on ...
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1760s Sicilian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Pine
18th Century Italian Naples Inlaid Walnut Chest of Drawers, circa 1750
Located in Cagliari, IT
Exquisite chest of drawers walnut finely inlaid in lighter wood, serpentine front, bracket feet. Naples, half of 18th century.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EXPORT AUTHORIZATION BY THE ITALI...
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1750s Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Continental Parquetry Inlaid Commode with Serpentine Front
Located in Atlanta, GA
18th century continental parquetry inlaid commode with serpentine front, hoof feet, and 3 drawers.
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18th Century European Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
Rare Italian Sicilian Red Scarlet and Polychromed Rococo Style Commode
Located in Sheffield, MA
A rare Italian Sicilian red scarlet and polychromed
Rococo style commode
19th century.
The shaped top over three graduated drawers above a sh...
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19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Paint
Dutch Rococo Bombe Parquetry Commode, 18th Century
Located in London, by appointment only
Stunning mid 18th century Dutch Rococo Bombe Commode with quality padouk, tulipwood, laburnum and Kingwood parquetry with shaped exceptional origi...
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Mid-18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Padouk
Pair of 18th Century style Venetian Commodes
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive pair of Venetian style bombe commodes, having their original marble tops, each having carved Rococo style decoration, two drawers with stylised brass handles, raised on...
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Early 20th Century Italian Rococo Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Important Louis XV Inlaid Kingwood Commode by Pierre Migeon
Located in Greenwich, CT
Important Louis XV inlaid kingwood commode by Pierre II Migeon, circa 1745, having original shaped and molded Porto marble top over two drawers having high style rocaille inlay and o...
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Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
Italian Neo-Classic Ivory Commode
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neo-classic (18th Century) Ivory with green undertones painted monumental commode with gold gilt carved trim on sides and 2 drawers under a ...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
18th c Swiss Rococo Fruitwood Serpentine Commode with Tumbling Block Parquetry
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a Continental Rococo fruitwood three drawer commode with serpentine front, probably Swiss in origin, dating to the 18th century, with exceptional tumbling block par...
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18th Century Swiss Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood, Satinwood
French 18th century Rococo Painted Commode
Located in Troy, NY
Unusual painted bombe commode with two drawers.
Exuberant form with faux marbleized top, carved decoration and very unusual floral carved drawer pulls. Paint probably of later date.
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18th Century French Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Large Louis XV Serpentine Shape Period Commode
Located in Nashville, TN
A Rococo commode or chest with very fine original mercury fire gilt mounts. Nice faded cognac color. Simple clean lines and design. Marble top probably original and hand hewn (see r...
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Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble, Metal
Fine Louis XV Provincial Walnut Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Shaped serpentine top over three conforming paneled drawers, shaped apron, ending on cabriole legs and hoof feet. In unusually fine condition.
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1760s French Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Other
19th Century Italian Grotto Shell Commode
Located in New York, NY
19th century Italian grotto shell commode with faux grey marble painted serpentine top over a drawer with shell pulls; on inward curving legs. Signed "M...
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19th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Shell
Continental Painted Bombe-Form Chest of Drawers
Located in Stamford, CT
An early period Continental brick and faux-marble painted pine bombe-form commode or chest of drawers. Restorations.
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Early 19th Century European Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
French Chest in Lacqered Gilt Chinoisoire
Located in Savannah, GA
French chest in lacquered gilt chinoisoire, made circa 1910. This is a beautiful chest having two short drawers over three long drawers. Beautiful moldings and carvings on the front ...
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Early 20th Century French Rococo Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
18th Century Danish Rococo Period Chest
Located in Charleston, SC
Exceptional 18th century Rococo chest of drawers with beautifully carved serpentine drawers, handsome carved cabriole legs and ori...
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Mid-18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
An 18th Century Swedish Period Rococo Serpentine Chest with a Lovely Elm Veneer
Located in Atlanta, GA
An 18th century Swedish period Rococo Serpentine chest of three drawers. This antique commode from Sweden has a shapely serpentine body with beautiful elm veneer. The skirt is heav...
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18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Metal
Danish Rococo Chest of Drawers, Copenhagen, 1760
By Mathias Ortmann
Located in Copenhagen, K
Period 18th century Rococo dresser with white, beveled marble-top and brass hardware by Mathias Ortmann.
Furniture by M. Ortmann urniture is of exceptional quality and represent t...
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Mid-18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Italian Inlaid Rosewood Prie-Dieu, 18th Century
Located in CH
18th century Louis XV Italian Roman inlaid rosewood prie-dieu.
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Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Italian Rococo Painted and Silver Gilt Carved Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
Italian Rococo chest of drawers coated in grey paint and accented with silver gilt trim and decorative carvings, namely classicizing l...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Silver Leaf
18th Century Italian Rococo Elmwood Commode with Marble Top
Located in Cypress, CA
Imposing 18th century Italian Rococo elmwood commode topped with a white and brown mottled serpentine fronted marble top over three-drawer ...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Marble
Italian Rococo Neapolitan Chest of Drawers, Commode, 18th Century
Located in CH
An 18th century Italian Rococo gilt bronze-mounted walnut and fruitwood inlaid chest of drawers, commode, Naples, circa 1760.
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
Continental Rococo Gilt Mahogany Commode
Located in New York, NY
Continental (probably Dutch, circa 1750) Rococo gilt bronze trimmed mahogany and fruitwood 2 drawer commode with parquetry and marquetry inlaid design.
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Mid-18th Century European Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Fruitwood
Italian Walnut Serpentine Commode, 18th Century
Located in CH
An impressive 18th century Italian walnut and burl walnut serpentine commode with bronze handles. Emilian, circa 1720.
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1720s Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
18th Century Italian Painted Bombe Commode ca. 1770
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Fine 18th Century Polychrome-Painted Serpentine Bombe Commode, originating in Italy during the third quarter of the 18th Century.
The serpentine bombe commode consists of two long...
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18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Paint
Green Chest of Drawers Model 4602 by Simon Fussell for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Simon Fussel
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Dive into the retro charm of the 1970s with this rare find: the Vintage Kartell 70s chest of drawers model 4602 designed by Simon Fussell. Crafted in Italy i...
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1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Plastic
18th Century Serpentine-Front Danish Pine Commode
Located in Houston, TX
18th century serpentine-front Danish pine commode with four drawers. Mid-18th century serpentine-front commode in two parts, supported by carved paw-feet in front and simple block fe...
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Mid-18th Century Danish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Steel, Iron
Industrial wooden and iron work chest of drawers, 1970s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This industrial chest of drawers was made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1970´s
This chest can be used perfectly as a work cabinet for example for an architect, for a the drawi...
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Late 20th Century Czech Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Chest of Drawers Model 4602 by Simon Fussell for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Simon Fussel
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Beautiful and rare green plastic chest of drawers designed by Simon Fussell and produced by Kartell.
This modular green plastic chest of drawers on wheels has a simple but ingeniou...
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1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Plastic
18th Century Italian Bleached Walnut Serpentine Front Commode / Chest of Drawers
Located in Carmine, TX
Chest of drawers hand-made in Italy in the mid 1700s using walnut and decorated by satin wood inlay. This is a gorgeous chest that has almost an etherea...
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Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
1910s Metal Art Construction Co. Petite Clerks Desk Chest Drawers Rare
By Metal Art
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A rare and hard to find small desktop organizer by the Metal Art Construction Company of Jamestown New York. The drawer bottoms have been lined with thin wood panels. There are heavy...
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1910s American Industrial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Steel
Large Antique Rococo Oak Chest of Drawers With Blue Painted Finish Circa 1800's
Located in Round Top, TX
This impressive large oak chest of drawers is quite dramatic thanks to the (newer) blue professionally applied painted finish accenting the Rococo curv...
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Early 19th Century Danish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Oak, Paint
Sideboard in Blue and White Laminate and Beech 1958 Belgium, Tubax
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rare industrial sideboard with blue laminated formica doors, two white laminated drawers and a gray laminated top, the sideboard construction is i...
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1950s Belgian Industrial Vintage Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Laminate, Beech
Chest of Drawers Swedish Rococo 1750-1775 Raw Finish Sweden
Located in New York, NY
Chest of drawers Swedish Rococo 1750-1775 raw finish Sweden. A chest of drawers made during the Rococo period (1750-1775) in Sweden. Restored in an unfinished oak with a gray lime st...
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Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Oak
Louis XV Marble Top Walnut Bombé Commode
Located in New York, NY
An impressive piece with warm, rich patina. The serpentine top with molded edge over two short and two long graduated and paneled drawers, above a deep apron with shell-carved edge a...
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Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Walnut Two-Drawer Commode with Cabriole Legs
Located in Larkspur, CA
Early 18th century Italian Rococo two-drawer commode with cabriole legs culminating in hoof feet. The serpentine front featuring original bronze hardware above two drawers with strin...
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Early 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Walnut
18th Century Period Rococo Three-Drawer Marquetry Chest
Located in Atlanta, GA
A European period Rococo three-drawer chest. This 18th century Rococo chest of drawers features a serpentine front with nice marqu...
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18th Century European Rococo Antique Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
Steel Chest of Drawers Hand Fabricated by Old Plank Available in Any Dimension
Located in Chicago, IL
Custom hand fabricated steel chest of drawers available in any size or configuration. We will even produce it in brass or bronze should you like. Available with brass, or nickel cast...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Industrial Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Steel
Antique and Vintage Chests of Drawers and Commodes for Sale on 1stDibs
Is it a commode or a chest of drawers?
Commode is the French term for a low chest of drawers, but it is also sometimes used to denote a piece with a particularly intricate design. The commode dates to circa 1700 France, where it was used as an alternative to a taller cabinet piece so as to not obscure paneled, mirrored or tapestried walls. Coffers, or chests, which were large wooden boxes with hinged lids and sometimes stood on ball feet, preceded chests of drawers, a fashionable cabinet furnishing that garnered acclaim for its obvious storage potential and versatility.
As time passed, French and British furniture makers led the way in the production of chests of drawers, and features like the integration of bronze and ornamental pulls became commonplace. Antique French commodes in the Louis XV style were sometimes crafted in mahogany or walnut, while an Italian marble top added a sophisticated decorative flourish. This specific type of case piece grew in popularity in the years that followed.
So, what makes a chest of drawers different from a common dresser? Dressers are short, and chests of drawers are overall taller pieces of furniture that typically do not have room on the top for a mirror as most dressers do. Tallboys and highboys are variations of the dresser form. Some chests of drawers have one column of four to six long drawers or three long drawers in their bottom section that are topped by a cluster of small side-by-side drawers on the top. To further complicate things, we sometimes refer to particularly short chests of drawers as nightstands.
Even though chests of drawers are commonly thought of as bedroom furniture to store clothing, these are adaptable pieces. A chest of drawers can house important documents — think of your walnut Art Deco commode as an upgrade to your filing cabinet. Nestle your chest near your home’s front door to store coats and other outerwear, while the top can be a place to drop your handbag. Add some flair to your kitchen, where this lovable case piece can hold pots, pans and even cookbooks.
When shopping for the right chest of drawers for your home, there are a few key things to consider: What will you be storing in it? How big a chest will you need?
Speaking of size, don’t dream too big. If your space is on the smaller side, a more streamlined vintage mid-century modern chest of drawers, perhaps one designed by Paul McCobb or T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, may best suit your needs.
At 1stDibs, we make it easy to add style and storage to your home. Browse our collection of antique and vintage commodes and chests of drawers today.
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